- Office of the Attorney General
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Sydney Heiberger, Press Secretary
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today secured an agreement requiring the Trump Administration to make the remaining education funding at issue in her multistate lawsuit available by October 3, 2025.
Shortly after AG Campbell filed her lawsuit against the Trump Administration for its decision to freeze $6.8 billion in funding for six longstanding programs administered by the Department of Education, the Administration released the first tranche of funding that school districts expected to receive on July 1. The multistate coalition and the Trump Administration today jointly filed to dismiss the case under the terms of an agreement that ensures the remaining funding, which school districts are expecting to receive on October 1, is made available on time. This settlement provides Massachusetts and the multistate coalition with the full relief they had sought in the lawsuit.
“Faced with our lawsuit, billions of dollars in critical education funding are now once again flowing from the federal government to our school districts. This funding will help students meet our education standards, promote effective classroom instruction, provide afterschool programming and extracurricular activities, and so much more. Though this money should have never been withheld in the first place, I am glad that as a result of this settlement, the Department of Education will release all remaining funding on time,” said AG Campbell. “I will continue to hold the Trump Administration accountable when it violates our laws and harms our residents, including our children.”
As a result of the Trump Administration’s unlawful actions, more than $107 million in federal education funding was frozen in Massachusetts, jeopardizing key programs for after school and summer learning, teacher preparation, and to support students learning English.
A copy of the motion to dismiss the lawsuit with stipulations is available here.
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